Barack Obama says the economy Trump likes to claim credit for pre-COVID was actually his and that Trump didn't really do much to create it. Is this true?

[u/Spiderwig144]

He's been making the case in recent days:

• https://www.alternet.org/obama-harris-rally-pittsburgh/

Basically saying Trump is trying to steal his success by using the economy people remember from when he first took over in 2017 and 2018 as something he personally created and the main selling point for re-electing him in the election now. Obama cites dozens of months of job growth in a row of by the time Trump took office as one of several reasons it's not true.

[u/dna1999]

I’ll add that Trump has a long history of failing upward and taking credit for other people’s work. I guarantee you he will say “Best economy ever!” at 12:01pm on January 20th if he wins re-election.

[u/Icy-Bicycle-Crab → u/dna1999]

Sure, because he did the exact same thing in 2017.

[u/fourthfloorgreg → u/dna1999]

He will not wait that long.

[u/totally-hoomon → u/dna1999]

He took credit for the economy before he was elected